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October 17, 2023

Contest : Coconuts

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Coconut

The suffix nut specifying the skull, defining the coconut, is misplaced, for it’s not truly a nut, but botanically, a drape. A salinity soaker, the prolific palm, sultry sea-shore colonizer copious, it’s sky-searching trunk with spiny leaf crown holds the fruit, the traditional tropical icon. In certain societies around the globe, a notable cultural and religious symbol, it’s a multipurpose fruit is versatile, used as food, fuel and folk medicine. Its tough shell is a strong fortress that guards the treasure of water and kernel, sweet and pure, like the tender heart hiding behind stern persona façade.
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